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  1. ghostbear

    cooling tower foundation

    Dear SlideRuleEra Thanks so much for your great tips. I got more info for cooling towers. They are 24 ft by 24 ft counter flow tower with concrete casing and FRP internals. These towers are field erected type. Yes, there are 60HP fans and a 1440 gpm pump. The water basin is 40 ft by 72 ft by...
  2. ghostbear

    cooling tower foundation

    Dear Sir, So many thanks for your comment. The soil boring log and blow count shall be available tomorrow. UC test and consolidation results will be back about a week. From the nearby boring logs, the soil is SM silty sand from surface to 6 feet below underlain by CL. I will check the...
  3. ghostbear

    cooling tower foundation

    thread194-260175 Hi, I am working on a project consists of the construction of a 30’ x 90’ cast in place concrete basin with a precast concrete screen wall. There will be 3 cooling tower cells located within the basin. Basin is 2.5 feet deep and is below the grade. Tower diameter is 25 feet...

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